Digital BW, The Print

Hi Roger,

I think we are confusing our personal tastes and opinions with "art" or "quality".

You said:

"... Let's just stand back from the subject matter and
look at the photographic qualities - they are all there - great color,
detail in the shadows - sharp focus when the photographer want's it and
wonderful eye for composition."

Yes, they are.  And virtually anyone can become a technically proficient photographer; color, detail, focus, composition can all be learned and developed by just about anybody, "talented" or not.

"....How you can say you are not the least bit
moved by these images as purely examples of the photographic art is beyond
me."

What moves you, may not necessarily move me and vice versa.  In my humble, personal opinion, a work that does not move me becomes, in my eyes, ordinary and nothing special.  That does NOT change their impact on you, or others.

"... We all have a right to differences in taste, but calling these images
nothing special is a real mistake in my way of thinking."

I don't see how you can call my thinking, a "mistake".  It is merely different from you, not necessarily a mistake.

John

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